Boreout syndrome: design, reliability and preliminary validation of an instrument for measuring

Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud

Cabrera Noriega, Luis Eduardo¹ 

[1] Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España

关键词: psychosocial impact;    psychometrics;    reliability;    validity of tests;    Venezuela.;   

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学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Universidad Industrial de Santander

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Boreout syndrome is a condition related to boredom, disinterest and low requirent, which causes disruption to the working population and huge losses to companies. Objectives: This study aims to design a tool to gather information on the Boreout syndrome. Material and methods: Based on the theoretical review an instrument was applied to 150 office workers of a private company in the city of Valencia (Carabobo, Venezuela), which encompasses the three recognized components boreout syndrome, and consists of three parts design. Part 1: sociodemographic data; Part 2: 18 items with a Likert scale for frequency (six for each component); Part 3: strategies pro-boreout. Results: Cronbach's alpha (0.868) was used for reliability, expert judgment for the criterion validity, and content validity and construct validity (factor analysis). Conclusions: It can be concluded that the instrument fit for its purpose.

【 授权许可】

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